Shipping carton



Aug. 8, 1933. H. c. BOHNKE SHIPPING CARTON Filed June 17, 1932 2Sheets-Sheet l WITNESSES H. C. BOHNKE SHIPPING CARTON Aug. 8, 1933.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 17, 1932 INVENTORllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllnll 1 izksl Y 'sHIPPING-oAaroN- a I IHerman G. Bohn k e Carnegie, Patiassignor to Superior BapenProductsCmpany,-Carnegie,' I Pa a Oorporati on ofDelaware f ApplicationJune11,1932. scrial'Nopfil'ifl'll 1 Claim." (01. 2065-46) This inventionrelates to ashipping carton or held against lateral movement, a a"plurality of package, and particularly to one constructed of spacingunits 4.and,5, the number ofwhich may corrugated board or materialofthat nature, be varied"as required, are'p'rovided to engage which isadapted for use in packaging and shipa the stem; 10a of the lamp, gwhileto protect i ping elongate, highly polished, irregularly shaped the base102;, of the lamp 'anjd hold it in place .60.,

articles, such as floor lamps, bridge lamps, and in the'pack'age afoldable casing 6'isgemployed.

the like.

v The spacing units 4 and B as shownibest in; The primary object of theinventiomgenerally Figsil, 5; 6 and *7, are made up of two "partsstated, is to providea shipping containerof this '7 and. '8" each ofwhich.{consists of a single character which is light of weight,comparatively blank of paper boardj which"is;creased'on'three I 20 ofthe invention, will be apparent when the fol- The position inexpensiveto manufacture, and adapted tabs of its sides 'and slit at its corners''to' provide readily and easilyassembled. itwith side walls 'or flanges9,111. and 'l2 for,

Another object is to provide a *package emattaching it'to the walls ofcasingl. To engage bodying the -aiorementioned 1 characteristics thestern'jof the lamp, aiperpendicular slot 13 15 vwhich in additiontobeing economical and easy is cut in the plain edge of both sections 4ends 7 0. to use is capable of effectively protecting an and thesesections then placed together inbackarticle packed in it against injuryin shipment. to-back relation with jth'e slots l3 stradd1ing the 1 Theseand various other objects, as welljas stem ,lpa from oppositedirections: and forming the various other novel features and advantagesa hole, ithe" edges" of which) engage the stem;

and depth :of these; slots aremade 7,5

lowing detailed descriptionis readin conjunc such thatfwhen the twoparts "4; and Elia-re put tion with the accompanying drawings, of which1 together id a reverse mannerfa's referred to Fig. 1 is a perspectiveview of a conventional and shown, they" locate the hole so provided formof floor lamp arrangedin a partly assemwith respect to the walls of thecontainer at .25 bled package constructed in accordance with the pointWhere the stem normally rests when the invention; Fig. 2 a top view'ofthe package the lamp is positioned in the container." For. shown in Fig.1 after it is assembled, except example, where a bridge lamp, is laid,on'an for the cover flaps which are open; Fig. 3 a incline in casingfl,as shown in Figsfl, 2 and 3, longitudinal section taken on the lineIII-III topermit the crook on the upperend of the! 30 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4a view similar to' Fig. 3 of a stem 10c being positioned in the end lotthe package such as the one shown in Figs. 1, 2 and package, the slots13, are so located in the 3 but containing a bridge lamp instead of aupper unit 4 asto place the hole "provided by floor lamp; Fig. 5 aperspective view of an asthem near the corner of the casing and thosesembled spacing unit; Figs. 6 and '7 perspective in the blanks of unit 5so 'as to place the hole 7 35 views, respectively, of the cooperatingparts of for the lamp stem near their centers. However,

the spacing units shown in Fig. 5;.Fig. 8 a plan for use with'a bridgelamp, as shown in Fig. view of the foldable casing employedto protect 4,the slots 13in the units! and 5 are made and anchor the base of a lampin the package; uniform so as to place the holes formed by and Fig. 9 aperspective view of a section of them in the center of the units, anditis obcreased paper board adapted to be folded in vious' that theseslots may be placed, in any posi-. the form or" a wedge-shaped pad foruse under tion and have any length desired. H the base of a floor lamp,asshown in Fig. 3. a To prevent the stem of the lamp from chaf-Referring to the drawings, the numerall desing" due to contact with theedges of the slots. ignates generally the casing. proper of the pack-13, apiece 20 of suitable'materiaLsuchas light 45 age. This preferablycomprises a single sheet corrugated paper-board, may be w oundlaroundtainer 1 and in such a way, that it will 'be the package isassembledbypainting bands or" paper board which is cutto the size required, thestem and inserted in the holes formedby then creased throughout itslength and slotted the slots, while for holding the spacingunitsg at itsend in the fashion illustrated in Fig. 1 4 and 5 in place whenthepackage is assembled, adapt it to be folded into anfoblong,rectangutheir flanges may be glued or otherwise attached lar-shapedcontainer and provide it with end to the wallsof the 'casingl,theirexterior di- .flaps 2 and 3 which fold over one another in themensions being made such as to adapt them usual manner to close the endsof the container. to just fit within the casing for such purpose. Inaccordance with thisinvention, to secure As' shown in Fig. 1, theattachment of these an article, such as a floor lamp 1.0, in theconunits to the casing may be effectively made when o 14'- H place andconnected together.

and 15 of glue on the interior of the casing opposite the flanges 9, 11and 12 on'the spacing 'units and then placing one of the sections ofeach of the units 4 and'5 in one of the panels formed by thelongitudinal creases in the sheet 1 with their slots 13 projectingupwardly. The

lamp is next laid inthe package with its stem fitted in the slots 13.The other section of the two units is then placed back-to-back with thefirst with their slots, of course, straddling the stem of the lamp.After this is done the casing 6, which is cut and creased in the mannerpad formed of a folded sheet of material cut and creased in the mannershown in Fig. 9 is provided and placed under the bottom of the base.With the base so encased the top flaps of the blank forming the casing 6are .folded to With this done, the casing l is folded about the spacingunits 4 and 5 and the base protector 6 and the flap 16 glued orotherwise attached to the adjacent sidewalls of the casing. After thisis done the bottom of the casing 6 is covered with glue to secure it tothe bottom of the package and the end flaps 2 and 3 then folded to placeand glued or otherwise attached together, placing the package inreadiness for shipment.

As will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art, a packageconstructed in accordance with this .invention, which obviously may bedevised and assembled invarious other ways than specificallyset forth,is not only economical to manufacture and assemble, but is also capableof eifectively protecting'the articles packaged in it against injury inshipment. Fur,-

If the base of the lamp is tilted as thermore, it isparticularl y lightof weight as compared with the wooden boxes customarily used for similarpurposes in the past. In addition, the parts of the package may beprepared by the manufacturer and shipped to the user in the flat readyfor assembly, which is a real advantage because of the. small amount ofspace required for their shipment and storage in such condition.

According to the provisions of the patent sta utes, I have explained theprinciple and mode of operation of my invention, and have il1ustratedand described what I now consider to represent its best embodiment.However, I desire to have it understood that, within the 'scope of theappended claims, the invention may'be practiced otherwise than asspecifically illustrated and described.

I claim:

I A shipping package for use in packaging floor lamps, bridge lamps andelongate articles of that character, comprising an elongate paper boardcontainer equipped at its ends with closing flaps and between its endswith a spacing unit forbracing and holding an article placed in thepackage against lateral movement and provided at one end with aprotecting and anchoring unit which is adapted to encase the base of alamp, said spacing unit comprising a pair of cooperating oppositelyslotted flangededged blanks which are arranged in the container inback-to-back relation -with their flanged edges attached to the walls ofthe container and their oppositely disposed slots straddling thearticlefrom opposite directions and forming a hole, the edges of which engagethe article, said base-protecting unit comprising a foldable housingwhich fits over the base of a lamp and is fastened to the endsof thecontainer.

HERMAN C. BOHNKE.

